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Arced

I’ve retroactively added arcs for the first half and proactively added them to the second. What’s Going On? covers chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.Getting Used to It covers chapters 5, 6, and 7.Lone Wolves, Numbers Go Up covers chapters 8 and 9Introductions covers chapters 10, 11, 12, and 13.The Cost of Power covers chapters…

Specific and Particular

I’ve been listening to some AI things (stories? podcast? audio short stories?) and I’ve noticed something very strange: They use the words “specific” and “particular” a lot. They’re not used incorrectly, just so often. What makes that strange is that these AIs are trained on our data. We don’t use those words so frequently. Why…

My Competition – Two

Another “two” post. Unlike the first one, this one isn’t awful. The cover image is a link. Note that the cover checks all the boxes: Weapons, Something that Glows, Monsters, Color, Not Photo-Realistic, and Serif font (sort of). (The lighting is wrong; there’s another light source about four feet above and ten feet forward of…